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Eastern Eggar

Eriogaster catax

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Italy.January 0, February 0, March 17, April 122, May 27, June 1, July 0, August 0, September 1, October 13, November 5, December 0.
Italy186
France98
Centro90
Hungary90
Nord-Ovest67
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur34
Austria33
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes31
Spain21
Romania18

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyLappet Moths · Lasiocampidae
GenusEriogaster

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